Daily Archives: Sun, Aug 2nd, 2009

The Mississippi River Bridge Was Falling Down, Falling Down, Falling Down

Two years ago, yesterday, in Minneapolis the I-35 W Mississippi River Bridge (known officially as Bridge 9340) like the London Bridge in the Nursery Rhyme came falling down during the peak of rush hour, 6:05 PM, CDT. Many of those who are fond of chanting that we are the greatest country in the world, we’re number one, haven’t paid attention to the changes in our infrastructure in the last 50 to 60 years.

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